Chapter 7

"So uh, how do we start?" Gary asked himself. Buck sighed. "I don't know. If there's anything wrong with what I see, it's those tracks that lead right up to the mountain." he replied. Gary was intrigued. "What tracks?" he asked. Buck groaned. "Look to your left, you idiot."

Gary took a glance to his left. He saw some weeds, but under the weeds, the train tracks lay. "How did you see that and I didn't?" Gary asked. Buck said nothing.

Gary followed the tracks for about a hundred feet when he stood face-to-face with the mountain. "It just...ends." Gary said. And he was correct. The tracks ran right up to the mountain and just stopped. Gary sat down and began to cry in sorrow. "But...it's not right...somethings wrong!" Then he walked over to Buck. He kicked him in the door. "OUCH!" Buck exclaimed. Gary got into him. "Shut up." he ordered. Then he drove Buck up to the mountain. "Any suggestions!" Gary screamed. Buck paused. "Check for a secret entrance." he suggested. Gary grinned. "You sure are a smart truck." he said to Buck as he got out of him. Buck rolled his eyes. "The Fat Controller's hat is smarter than you."

"Faster Thomas!" Lady Hatt called to the blue engine. Thomas panted for air. "Can't...go...faster..." Theodore poked his head out of the cab to Thomas. "You're doing great! Keep up the pace!" Sir Topham Hatt looked out the window, but saw something. "Are we on...?" he asked himself. Lady Hatt looked at him. "What, dear?" Topham looked out the window and his eyes grew large. "DUCK!" he shouted. Theodore and Lady Hatt ducked and Topham shut his eyes.

One minute Thomas was on the line, and the next he was laying in a ditch. They had taken a corner to fast and landed in a muddy ditch. Everyone was all right, but shaken up. Thomas had taken a corner too fast. And now, he was de-railed.

"What are we going to do? We have to get to Sodor Mountains, and fast!" Lady Hatt exclaimed. Sir Topham Hatt took out his cell-phone and called the yard. He then looked towards the group. "Edward is bringing the break-down train." he said. The group smiled, but were still quite concerned that they wouldn't get to the mountain in time.

"Dmn it!" Gary shouted as he threw his shovel down. "There's NO WAY IN!" Buck sighed. "Sit down and think. Think." Buck told him. Gary sat down on a log near the mountain-side. "It's just not fair." he said, nearly crying. He then stood up, but knocked his head on a rock that was sticking out of the cliff!

"Stupid thing." he said, and mumbled under his breath. He then looked at the rock. It was long, and came to a point on the end. "Hmm." he mused. "That's strange...rocks never jolt out like that..." Buck took a glance at it. "I think, I think you should pull it." he told Gary. Gary eyed it. "Okay...here we go..." Gary put his hand on the rock, and pulled it down. A small screeching noice was heard. Then, all of the sudden, the mountain-side began to cave in!

"Oh God...!" Gary sputtered, shocked. The mountain-side opened up, revealing a long tunnel into the mountains! Gary's eyes were wide-open in shock and surprise and hapiness. "That's it! The passage into the tunnel!" he exclaimed. Gary quickly ran back to Buck and started him up. He put his rail-wheels down and went onto the tracks (which ran into the mountains). "This may be it..." Gary told himself as they went into the mountain.

"HURRY THOMAS!" Lady Hatt shouted. Thomas was very tired, and wanted to stop. "The mountains are just up ahead." Sir Topham Hatt told Thomas. Theodore looked out the cab window. "The mountains are just ahead." he announced. They went over a set of points, and were on the 'mountain-line.'

They arrived at the tracks leading into the mountain. "What in the world...?" Thomas asked. Everyone got out and observed the area. "We'll go and get The Thin Controller. Let's go." Topham said. They then turned around and went to the Skarloey Railway.

"This tunnel goes on forever." Buck sighed. "Shut up." Gary ordered. Buck went silent. Burning torches were on the wall as they went further into the mountains. "Holy cow!" Gary exclaimed suddenly, as he threw on Buck's brakes. Ahead of them, were two steel doors with the letter 'B' on them. "This is it...!" Gary smiled as he got out and opened the doors. He climbed back into Buck and drove on in...

The tracks went about 100 yards further, then, in front of them was a tender. "B,B,B, Benjamin..." Gary stuttered as he got out. He saw the tender. It was gold. Then, right in front of the tender, was a golden engine. It's golden paint shone brighter than anything else Gary had ever seen. It had a golden funnel with golden wheels. On it's side, in gold letters, the word 'Benjamin' was engraved.

Gary smiled and laughed evily. "I've done it! I've found the golden engine!" he shouted.